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ginny:
I had to go look to see what you meant. :) I think it means in that context, the entire subject embracing anything being discovered or of interest about the ancients, any traveling exhibits (there are two in the US currently), and more specifically for our purposes, the "noble Greeks and Romans," and anything about them, since we offer classes here in Latin (and until recently did in ancient Greek as well).
Classical languages, history, and archaeology are part of a very exciting field, with discoveries being made daily which change our perceptions of who they were and what they thought: it's a VERY exciting endeavor to be studying and part of. Nothing like it in the world, really. I'm glad you asked.
Pete7268:
I have a desktop weather forecaster based on my location. It is supplied by a Finnish company through Google. It is excellent, usually exceedingly accurate, giving the weather for today and the following three days.
I have just seen that they do a forecast for mobile phones and you can have it in LATIN! Now! Ain't that a breeze! (no pun intended). ;D
My desktop one is free, not sure about the mobile one though. It is all I can do to make my mobile make calls but suspect I would need a modern phone with a screen and internet capabilities to get the weather on it.
http://corporate.foreca.com/en/news/8/19/Foreca-mobi-weather-services-also-in-Latin/
I have just tried loading the Foreca mobile software on my PC, it works fine. I chose a city in the US to test it. There was no mention of subscription so guess it is a freebe for the phone as well.
Maryemm:
Latest from the Telegraph :
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/4240365/Ancient-Persians-who-gassed-Romans-were-the-first-to-use-chemical-weapons.html
ginny:
What interesting articles here, thank you Pete and Maryemm, and here's one today in the NY Times which is worth looking at if only for the Portonaccio sarcophagus and exciting news for those going to Rome any time soon:
New Light on Ancient Art in Rome:
http://travel.nytimes.com/2009/01/25/travel/25globe.html?ref=travel
catbrown:
And here's a post from Mary Beard's blog about her participation in the Roman exhibit at the National Gallery in Washington as well as some amusing notes about what else she saw while she was there.
http://timesonline.typepad.com/dons_life/2009/02/pompeii-in-wash.html#more
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